Design Characteristics of Healing Garden for down’s Syndrome Children in Malaysia

Healing landscapes have always been associated with studying and planning for a specific type of population. Therefore, this study was carried out in order to identify the design characteristics of healing gardens for the Down’s syndrome children in Malaysia. The behavior and disabilities of childr...

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Main Author:	A. Shukor, Shureen Faris
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	Gardening - Therapeutic use Alternative medicine - Malaysia Holistic medicine - Malaysia
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4922/1/FRSB_2007_1a.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.49222013-05-27T07:19:09Z Design Characteristics of Healing Garden for down’s Syndrome Children in Malaysia 2007 A. Shukor, Shureen Faris Healing landscapes have always been associated with studying and planning for a specific type of population. Therefore, this study was carried out in order to identify the design characteristics of healing gardens for the Down’s syndrome children in Malaysia. The behavior and disabilities of children with the Down’s syndrome were studied together with the level of awareness and preferences of their parents towards healing garden. These will later determine the design characters in the healing garden that could contribute towards the wellbeing of the children. A total of 58 parents with children who have Down’s syndrome and registered with the Malaysian Society of Down’s Syndrome aged between 1 to 12 years old were involved in the study. Close and open- ended questionnaires with lists of landscape characters for the parents to rate were based on recommendations and guidelines for healing gardens from past studies. The parents had to identify the activities and the landscape design characters that their children most preferred when in a garden. Behavioral observation was also carried out to support this. Results from the findings have shown that for the Down’s syndrome patients who are mostly affected by sensory deficits such as hearing and visual impairment, difficulty in speech and delay in socialization, the healing garden should offer facilities that could encourage a sense of security, space for interaction and easy supervision. It should also heighten their sensory awareness and experience. The design considerations were listed into four groups that consist of the garden layout, spaces, hardscape and softscape characters based from the preferences of the parents. The result suggests that the healing garden should be considered as part of an early intervention and as a part of an out door therapy programme for children with Down’s syndrome. Gardening - Therapeutic use Alternative medicine - Malaysia Holistic medicine - Malaysia 2007 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4922/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4922/1/FRSB_2007_1a.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Gardening - Therapeutic use Alternative medicine - Malaysia Holistic medicine - Malaysia Design and Architecture English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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topic	Gardening - Therapeutic use Alternative medicine - Malaysia Holistic medicine - Malaysia
spellingShingle	Gardening - Therapeutic use Alternative medicine - Malaysia Holistic medicine - Malaysia A. Shukor, Shureen Faris Design Characteristics of Healing Garden for down’s Syndrome Children in Malaysia
description	Healing landscapes have always been associated with studying and planning for a specific type of population. Therefore, this study was carried out in order to identify the design characteristics of healing gardens for the Down’s syndrome children in Malaysia. The behavior and disabilities of children with the Down’s syndrome were studied together with the level of awareness and preferences of their parents towards healing garden. These will later determine the design characters in the healing garden that could contribute towards the wellbeing of the children. A total of 58 parents with children who have Down’s syndrome and registered with the Malaysian Society of Down’s Syndrome aged between 1 to 12 years old were involved in the study. Close and open- ended questionnaires with lists of landscape characters for the parents to rate were based on recommendations and guidelines for healing gardens from past studies. The parents had to identify the activities and the landscape design characters that their children most preferred when in a garden. Behavioral observation was also carried out to support this. Results from the findings have shown that for the Down’s syndrome patients who are mostly affected by sensory deficits such as hearing and visual impairment, difficulty in speech and delay in socialization, the healing garden should offer facilities that could encourage a sense of security, space for interaction and easy supervision. It should also heighten their sensory awareness and experience. The design considerations were listed into four groups that consist of the garden layout, spaces, hardscape and softscape characters based from the preferences of the parents. The result suggests that the healing garden should be considered as part of an early intervention and as a part of an out door therapy programme for children with Down’s syndrome.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	A. Shukor, Shureen Faris
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title	Design Characteristics of Healing Garden for down’s Syndrome Children in Malaysia
title_short	Design Characteristics of Healing Garden for down’s Syndrome Children in Malaysia
title_full	Design Characteristics of Healing Garden for down’s Syndrome Children in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Design Characteristics of Healing Garden for down’s Syndrome Children in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Design Characteristics of Healing Garden for down’s Syndrome Children in Malaysia
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granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Design and Architecture
publishDate	2007
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4922/1/FRSB_2007_1a.pdf
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Design Characteristics of Healing Garden for down’s Syndrome Children in Malaysia

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